Billiard-cue-tip fastener.



No. 656,973. Patented Aug. 28, I900. W. HESS.

BILLIARD CUE TIP FASTENER.

(Application filed Mar. 12, 1900') (No Model.)

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PATENT FFIQEQ lVILLIAM HESS, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

BlLLlARD-CUE-TIP FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,973, dated August 28, 1900.

Application filed March 12, 1900. Serial No. 8,369- (No model-) To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HESS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Billiard-Cue-Tip Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a fastener for the tips of billiard-cues which will be practicallyindestructible and will permit a new tip to be applied to the cue whenever the old tip has become worn and unfit for use.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, While the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference in dieate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the striking end of the cue. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the fastener and of a portion of the stick, and Fig. 3 is a dissociated view showing in perspective the various parts of the device.

According to the construction here shown the staff or stick a is formed with a longitudinally-extending passage a at its striking end. This passage need not necessarily be formed in the stick before the application of the fastener, as will fully appear hereinafter. The striking end of the stick is formed plane, as shown, so that a metallic disk b may be placed snugly against this end and fastened permanently thereto by means of pins or screws 0, which pass through openings b in The disk I) I shall hereinafter designate as the stick-disk. The disk bis formed with a slot 6 in its center, such slot registering with the passage a of the stick a should said passage be formed in the stick prior to the application of the fastener thereto. On the stick disk or plate b is placed a tip disk or plate d, which is of the same shape and size as the plate 19 and which is provided with a blade comprising a lower part c and an upper part e, such blade being fastened in the plate (1 and the lower part being projected from the lower side of the tip-disk and the upper part being projected from the upper side of the tip-disk. The ends of the blade are sharpened so that the lower part 6 may pass down through the slot 1) in the plate I), thus permitting the plate or disk d to lie snugly on top of the plate or disk Z). The lower part of the blade passes through and below the plate (I and enters the passage of the stick a. If the passage a is not formed in the stick a prior to the application of the fastener, by driving the blade into place the plate d may be properly seated: The stick plate or disk I) is formed with two openings d, which are arranged to receive prongs or pins b on the plate I). These pins 19 are fastened rigidly to the plate and project upward therefrom, so as to pass through the openings d and into the tipf, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The tip f has a plate or disk g, of hard rubber orsimilar substance, fastened to its under side, and through this plate 9 the pins 1) project into the tip proper. When the tip is placed on the tip plate or disk 01, as shown in Fig. 2, two pins or screws h are passed through openings (1 in the plate d and projected upward through the rubber bottom g of the tip and into the tip, as shown in Fig. 2. The plate d is further provided with four short prongs or pins 61 which project upward from the top face of the plate and are designed to pass through the bottom plate 9 of the tip and into the tip, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. Vhen the tip is in place on the tip-plate d, the upper end e of the blade passes through the bottom plate g of the tip and into the body of the tip, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the use of my invention the stick-plate b is fastened permanently to the stick by the screws or pins 0, and it is never necessary to remove this plate. The stick-plate being permanently fastened in position, protects the end of the stick and prevents it from becom* ing splintered or broken, so that the life of the stick is thus materially lengthened. The plate I) is fastened permanently to the plate d by the several parts 8, 01 I1 and h, and it is never necessary to remove the tip until it has become injured by usage, whereupon the insertion of a knife-blade between the parts cl and 9 will separate the tip and permit a new tip to be applied. The lower end e of the blade when driven through the slot 19 and into the stick a will serve effectually to hold the plate at and the attached tip in place. This plate cl may be readily removed by inserting a knife-blade or like instrument between it and the stick a, thus drawing out the end e of the blade.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claims.

- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A billiard-cue, having a stick, a plate secured on the end thereof and having an opening formed centrally therein, a second plate adapted to lie on top of the first-named plate and having a blade therein, the end portions of which respectively project beyond the faces of the plate, and the lower end portion of the blade passing through the slot in the first-named plate and into the stick, a tip engaged with the top of the second-n amed plate and having the upper end portion of the blade fastened therein, fastening devices extending from the first-named plate through the second-named plate and into the tip, and

additional fastening devices extending from the second-named plate into the tip.

2. A billiard-cue-tip fastener, comprising a plate adapted to be fastened permanently to the end of the cue-stick, and formed with a centrally-disposed opening therein, a second plate, and a blade fastened rigidly in the center thereof and having its end portions projected beyond the side faces of the second plate, the lower end of the blade being passed through the opening in the first-named plate and into the stick to secure the second plate, and the upper end portion of the blade being driven into the tip to secure the same.

3. A billiard-cue-tip fastener, comprising a plate,and a blade fastened rigidly in the center thereof and having its end portions projecting respectively beyond the faces of the plate, the lower end portion of the blade being adapted to enter the billiard-cue stick to hold the plate in place and the upper end portion of the blade being driven into the tip to secure the same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HESS.

Witnesses:

ISAAC l3. BRENS, JNo. M. BITTER. 

